The question is whether Public Act 349, which says employers cannot require governmental employees to join a union or pay union dues, fees or other expenses “as a condition of obtaining or continuing public employment …," is constitutional.

The Legislature did not exceed its constitutional authority when it created an exception prohibiting an instruction on moving violation causing death where the charged offense is reckless driving causing death, says the Michigan Supreme Court.

An appraisal award is not a “conclusive” judgment for replacement cost, so a homeowner who did not submit proof of her loss could only recover the cash value of her damaged property, says the Michigan Supreme Court.

An expert was properly allowed to testify at defendant’s murder trial about gang membership, culture and symbolism but was incorrectly allowed to offer an opinion that defendant acted in conformity with character traits commonly associated with gang membership.

Miller v Alabama, 132 S. Ct. 2455 (2012), which held that the Eighth Amendment prohibits mandatory life sentences without parole for juvenile offenders, does not apply retroactively under either a federal or state-law analysis.

Hundreds of Michigan prisoners automatically sentenced to life behind bars for murder as teens aren’t entitled to a new day in court, the Michigan Supreme Court said in a major decision that blocks one route to possible release but won’t be the final word.